Proverbial Wisdom

Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.

505. The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)

Vanity Fair, Chap. II

506. Our hours in Love have wings; in absence, crutches.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Xerxes (Tamira), Act IV, Scene III

507. The love of money is the root of all evil.

The Bible

1 Timothy 6:10

508. Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old;
It is the rust we value, not the gold.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Imitations of Horace, Bk II, Ep. I

509. Wearing all that weight
Of learning lightly like a flower.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

In Memoriam, CXXXI

510. Alas! we make
A ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,
But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolves
Look down upon our slumbering acts.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838)

A History of the Lyre